Skill Upgradation

The programme aims to create opportunities, space and scope for the development of talents of the Indian youth. The scheme also targeted to identify new sectors for skill development and develop more of those sectors which have already been put under skill development for the last so many years.

The following programmes are an organized effort to meet the challenge of growing un-employment and stagnated growth in the MSME sector. The broad objective of the scheme is as under:-

Training Through Departmental Training Centres The Department is providing training in the trade of Carpentry, General Engineering, Garment making, Crafts, Cane & Bamboo Handicrafts, Fine Bamboo Crafts, and coir processing through the Departmental Training Centre’s situated at Port Blair, Bakultala, Diglipur, Hutbay and Car Nicobar.

Basic & Advance Training in Mainland Institutions or in any other Institution within the Islands for educated unemployed youths, Entrepreneurs and MSME The unemployed youths, passed out trainees and entrepreneurs are being deputed on Basic & Advance training in Mainland Institutions for Basic & Advance Training in various fields in order to enhance their Knowledge and be update with the modern technologies used in Mainland.

Organizing of Training, Workshop and Seminar in various trades associating Dept. of Ministries of GOI, Commodity Board , Councils and other Institutes The Department is organizing Workshop and seminars in various trades by involving various specialist institutes who are specialists in their respective fields in order to provide the unemployed youths, artisans, entrepreneurs and SMEs of these Islands to provide Knowledge on the specific fields to the participants.

Organizing Study Tours for entrepreneurs and ex trainees of the department to mainland The Department is conducting study tour for the passed out trainees, Unemployed youths and entrepreneurs in order to update their knowledge and give them exposure about the new technology and techniques used in mainland based firms.